Treatment guidelines generally support trying to discontinue antipsychotics in patients diagnosed with “first-episode psychosis” after one or two years of initial use, but these guidelines also ...

Steven Morgan, who was well known for his activist efforts in challenging conventional psychiatry, which included writing for Mad in America, recently passed away, at age 45. We would like to share ...

To: Dr. Theresa Miskimen, President, American Psychiatric Association, 800 Maine Avenue, S.W., Suite 900, Washington, D.C. 20024, U.S.A. Dear Dr. Miskimen, I am ...

New study in Brazil, China, and Turkey finds higher trauma among people at clinical high risk, with patterns that differ by country. A new article set to appear in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry ...

Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD has published more than 100 papers in the top five general medical journals and his scientific works have been cited over 150,000 times. He has published several books relevant ...

A new article published in Public Humanities argues that while the humanities are widely dismissed, other fields explicitly rely on the very skills that humanities education cultivates. Philosopher ...

Beyond Meds: Monica Cassani has seen the system from both sides — as a social worker and as a person whose life was severely ruptured by psychiatric drugs. She writes critically about the system, as ...

Peter Simons was an academic researcher in psychology. Now, as a science writer, he tries to provide the layperson with a view into the sometimes inscrutable world of psychiatric research. As an ...

Enrico Gnaulati, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and nationally recognized reformer of mental health practice and policy. His latest books are Flourishing Love: A Secular Guide to Lasting Intimate ...

James has personal experience of psychiatric drug withdrawal and is a keen advocate for greater awareness of the need to taper safely. He hosts and produces the Let's Talk Withdrawal and Mad in ...

Just Thinking: Jim Schroeder's writings focus on natural, readily accessible interventions for parents and professionals. Most recently, he has published the book Wholiness: The Unified Pursuit of ...

Mad Law and Human Rights: An attorney and psychiatric survivor, Tina Minkowitz writes on the new perspectives in human rights law that emerged in the work done by users and survivors of psychiatry on ...